Live Auction 7870500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, CITRONNIER AND GREEN-STAINED MARQUETRY SEMAINIER
Lot 6

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, CITRONNIER AND GREEN-STAINED MARQUETRY SEMAINIER

BY EDMOND POTEAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 September 2010

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, CITRONNIER AND GREEN-STAINED MARQUETRY SEMAINIER
BY EDMOND POTEAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular white marble top with a pierced arch gallery above four drawers inlaid with ribbon and floral marquetry borders, flanked to each side by a curved glazed vitrine fitted with three shelves, on toupie feet, the lockplate engraved 'E. Poteau. 59 rue de Turenne, Paris'
49 in. (119.5 cm.) high; 35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) wide; 15¼ in. (39 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Ledoux-Lebard records Edmond Poteau as having had a workshop at 9, rue Mignon, Paris, between 1856 and 1874, and at 59, rue de Turenne towards the end of the century. Poteau's work favoured the Transitional and Louis XVI styles, with particular emphasis, as demonstrated here, on fine marquetry and parquetry inlay.